Donnerstag, Oktober 13th, 2016

UV Disinfection provides effective, chemical-free treatment for fish farming

by Dan Shaver, September 2016 The issues of water scarcity and the overall decline in water quality in our environment due to pollution have a direct impact on many industries around the world. When it comes to water in our natural environment, the quantity and quality of water available is an important topic for those 


Dienstag, Oktober 4th, 2016

Aquionics Hosts Free Webinar for Dairy Producers on UV and PMO Guidelines

Erlanger, Ky. (October 3, 2016) – UV disinfection expert Aquionics will host a free webinar, titled “PMO Guidelines – Creating Pasteurized Equivalent Water with Ultraviolet Disinfection,” for dairy producers at 1:30pm EDT on October 24, 2016. The 60-minute webinar will instruct attendees on the Food and Drug Administration’s 2015 Pasteurized Milk Ordinance, the benefits of 


Dienstag, September 27th, 2016

Deaerated Water (DAW) in Breweries – Uses and Contamination Prevention

Deaerated water systems are an important component within the brewing process.  Common applications include mash water, dilution water and chase water.  In these critical applications, it’s important to ensure that all of the dissolved gases in the water source are removed.  If the dissolved gases are not removed, off flavours can develop, beer haze forms 


Mittwoch, August 31st, 2016

Chlorination and chlorate formation

by B . Grochowski Both in the municipal drinking water supply and in the food and beverage industry (for ingredient and process water), chlorination is regularly relied upon as the primary means of disinfection.  For the municipal water supply, residual disinfection is necessary to ensure adequate disinfection throughout the entire distribution network.  As a result 


Montag, August 8th, 2016

UV Technology – Medium Pressure vs. Low Pressure. Which one is better?

When evaluating UV equipment, it can be quite difficult to understand the differences between manufacturers, technology, and system performance. Since UV equipment tends to last for 15-20 years, many buyers and engineers specifying equipment, may not understand all of the differences, since it is not a product that requires constant reevaluation and replacement. When UV 


Freitag, Juli 22nd, 2016

FSMA – Irrigation water treatment

by B. Grochowski With the rollout of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), new regulations aim to address food safety issues from a broader perspective than just what is occurring inside of the food production facility. In particular, the new produce safety rule impacts the food industry at the farm level, which creates new challenges 


Mittwoch, Juli 20th, 2016

New Aquionics UV System Designed to Help Milk Producers Comply with FDA PMO

by Allen Bradley PMO controls feature built-in data collection and reporting The new PureLine PQ with PMO controls package from Aquionics provides third party validated UV treatment for the dairy producing industry. The system contains built-in data collection and reporting compliant with the Food and Drug Administration’s 2015 Pasteurized Milk Ordinance guidelines. PMO guidelines approved 


Montag, Juli 11th, 2016

UV disinfection and FSMA – preventive control for source water protection

It’s no secret that water quality is extremely important to many food & beverage manufacturers around the world. However, when it comes to addressing product safety, is the absence of any past source water contamination issues considered a “good enough” strategy for source water protection? Not according to the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). 


Dienstag, Juni 21st, 2016

Water main breaks – Impact on the food and beverage industry

by B. Grochowski There are over 240,000 municipal water main breaks annually. Municipal infrastructure is aging and funding for upgrades for the municipal drinking water distribution network continues to be limited. Municipalities are doing their best with limited resources but the hand is stacked against them. This is of critical importance for the food and 


Dienstag, Mai 31st, 2016

UV Disinfection Yields High Energy Savings for Dairy Facilities

In the dairy industry, water is an extremely valuable resource because of its wide range of uses throughout the production process for almost all dairy products. With the use of any valuable resource, especially water, comes a heightened awareness of the costs associated with its use, therefore alternate treatment technologies to conventional pasteurization are always